Ohio Issue 7 seeks to update fiscal policy in state constitution
Ohioans are urged to vote on Issue 7 as part of June ballot revisions by the Ohio Constitutional Revision Commission. The proposal preserves current fiscal practices by requiring annual funds to cover principal and interest on debt and directs at least 50 percent of estate taxes to local subdivisions. Supporters argue the changes reflect sound, long-standing policy and prevent future legislative changes. Opposed by few, Issue 1 faces greater contest as it would team the governor and lieutenant governor for election.
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Columbus
Revision Commission
Senate
Commission
Ohio
Elyria delays surface transfer of city parking deck to county
Council president Seward questioned a long delayed deal between Elyria and Lorain County to transfer the Third Street parking deck to the county in exchange for $700,000 in street projects. The plan would move deck ownership while the city keeps bond repayment on construction and a water line would be built to the new county jail. The agreement, tied to a county water line and space lease, has not yet been acted on by either body.
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Elyria
Lotain County
Third Street
Council
Richard P. Seward
Seward
Marguerite E. Bowman
Richard Laux
Laux
C-T
Ment
Murray Ridge Road
County
Commissioners
Liberty theme wins Clayton Gregory poster prize
Six top prizes were awarded in the East Kiwanis Club of Elyria poster contest on patriotism. Clayton Gregory, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Jimmie Gregory of 844 Rosewood Dr, along with five peers Elizabeth Banaska, 12. Rick Grabovac, 10. Gregory Hill, 11. Kalisa Newman, 11. and Timothy Pitts, 10, each received a pocket calculator.
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Clayton Gregory
East Kiwanis Club
Elyria
Clayton
Jimmie Gregory
Rosewood Dr
Elizabeth Banaska
George Banaska
Edgefield Dr
Rick Gra
Bovac
Thomas Grabovac
Sherwood Dr
Gregory Hill
G. K. Hill
Whitman Blvd
Kalisa Newman
R. D. Newman
Northfield Dr
Timothy Pitts
Thomas Pitts
Indiana Ave
Jeff E. Bishop
Oberlin panel urges teachers plan studies
The Oberlin citizen advisory council recommends teachers, not a curriculum coordinator, develop courses of study. They support teacher involvement in curriculum formation and call for ongoing review, assessment of pupil needs, and clear objectives. The panel will present findings at a May 24 board meeting with the budget review.
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Oberlin
Citizen Advisory Council
W.W. Zinser
Zinser
Board of Education
John Elder
Vermilion weighs garbage fee vote on November ballot
Vermilion faces a referendum on a $2.25 monthly garbage fee after a citizens group collected 923 signatures in four days, far exceeding the 285 needed. The council considered repealing the old ordinance and enacting an amended one as an emergency move, sparking clashes over protests and fears of layoffs if the fee is delayed. The debate ended with the amended ordinance pulled from the agenda, keeping the old measure in effect and subject to the petition process.
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Vermilion
Vermilion City
Jean Maiden
Citizens’ Committee
Council
Jack Jewell
Art Crow
Finance Committee
Oberlin council approves 31 thousand for two facilities
Oberlin City Council approved 31 000 in subsidies for the Oberlin Public Library and the Early Child Care Center to sustain operations. The funds 15 000 for the child care center and 16 000 for the library come from general revenue sharing and match 1975 levels, city manager Thomas Dalton said.
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Oberlin
Lorain County Board names Gordon Mickey superintendent
Dr. Gordon Mickey 37 was appointed superintendent for the Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation for one year at 27000 dollars. He replaces retiring Lee Ignat. Mickey, a Chillicothe native, holds a doctorate in special education and has served as Delaware's supervisor for exceptional children. He can start in 30 days after orientation. The board received 72 applications, narrowed to 11, then four, then three before final selection.
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Delaware
Department of Public Instruction
Lorain County
Mickey
Chillicothe
Jo Huber
Indiana University
Huber
States
Canada
169 Board
Free at last Nellie Zimmerman, blind and deaf
Nellie Zimmerman, confined 19 years in Massillon State Hospital, is freed at age 70 and living in a Canton boarding home. Officials say new concepts would not have admitted her then, given her communication struggles and two handicaps.
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Nellie
Canton
Nellie Zimmerman
Braddock
Massillon State Hospital
James Schneck
Canton Aultman Hospital
Massillon
Schneck
University of Akron
Advisory
Board For the Deaf
Dorothy Demharter
State Hospital
American Revolution Dinner Distracted British Leaders
In 1776 British Generals Clinton and Cornwallis lost Harlem Heights and Long Island as American patriot Mary Lindley Murray hosted them with dinner and drink. Washington’s forces escaped, according to Rand McNally Road Atlas Bicentennial section.
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New York
Nero
Rome
Rand McNally
Clinton
Cornwallis
Harlem Heights
Long Island
Mary Lindley Murray
Washington
Ridgeville Plans New Elementary and High School Complex
A study group for North Ridgeville Board of Education recommends immediate land acquisition for a new elementary and a junior-senior high school to handle projected enrollment growth. The group led by Dwayne E. Gardner projects 1980-81 enrollment around 3,610, up from 3,100, and urges reorganization of grade placement across buildings. The report notes a 11.7 to 20 percent assessed valuation rise next year and cites issues at the current middle school, including space, safety and heating inefficiencies.
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North Ridgeville
North Ridgeville Board of Location
Dwayne E. Gardner
Ohio State University
Last Hight
Cit
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